Objects of cast brass are made by the lost-wax technique. A brass caster begins with a lump of beeswax, which is modeled into the object being made. Details are impressed into the wax or applied with threads of additional wax. After the wax model is finished, it is covered with clay and left to dry for several days.
Collection of the Pitt-Rivers Museum Oxford, England before 1900...(Thomas Slater, Indianapolis) sold on July 7, 1981 to Harrison Eiteljorg [1903-1997] of Indianapolis; donated to the IMA 1989